Bottle-stopper fastener



(No Model.)

B. GUNNORSON. BOTTLE. STOPPBR PASTBNER.

No. 505,291. Patented se m 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENGT GUNNORSON, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

BOTTLE-STOPPER FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,291, datedSeptember 19, 1893.

Application filed April 14, 1893. Serial No. 470,330. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENGT GUNNORSON, of West Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut,have invented a new Improvement inBottle-Stopper Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following, whentaken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,and represent in- Figure 1, a view in side elevation of a bottle-stopperfastener constructed in accordance with my invention, being representedin full lines in its locked adjustment; Fig. 2, a view of the device infront elevation; Fig. 3, a plan view of the device.

My invention relates to an improvement in bottle-stopper fasteners ofthat class which provide for the permanent attachment to a bottle ofitsstopper so as to be preserved therewith for repeated use, beingclamped in position and released by lateral pressure.

.gether to secure it in place.

The particular object of my present invention is to provide a simple,convenient and eifective device which shall be adapted to be positivelylocked so that it will not become accidentally unlocked in handling thebottles.

With these ends in view, my invention consists in the construction ashereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention, I encircle the neck of the bottle A, witha wire collar or ring B, the ends B of which are twisted to- The wire ofwhich this ring is made is bent to form two coils B 13*, locateddirectly opposite each other, and forming sockets for the reception ofthe inwardly turned lower ends 0 C of the bail-arms G C, the upper endsof which converge a little. The said arms are formed by bending a singlepiece of metal, the central portion of which is further bent to form twocoils C C located at the upper ends of the said arms, and in line witheach other, and joined by a loop G which stands directly over thestopper D, when the same is in position in the mouth of the bottle, thesaid arms 0 C, coils O C and loop 0 forming the hail of the device. Thesaid stopper is hung so as to swing freely on the short arm E of anoperating-lever, which is pivotally connected with the upper ends of thebail-arms C, by the passage of the wire of which it is formed throughthe coils O C located at the upper ends of the said arms. The long armof the said lever comprises two members E E, adapted to be sprung apart,and having their lower ends bowed outward and inward, so as to embracethe neck of the bottle at a point below the ring or collar 13, andterminating in hooks E, which are interlocked. I would have itunderstood, however, that it is not necessary that the members E Ecomposing the long arm of the said lever be bent and joined together,for if desired they may be made even a little shorter than the bail-armsC C, it being only necessary, so far as the particular construction ofthe said arms E E is concerned, that they be located outside of thebail-arms and adapted to be sprung over the same in either direction. Iprefer, however, to connect the two members E E of the long arm of theoperating lever, for in that way their undue lateral separation isprevented and their locking action made more positive and reliable.

I wish to call particular attention to the fact that by forming thebearing coils C C at the upper end of the bail-arms, and passing thewire forming the operating lever through the said coils and thuslocating the two members of the long crank-arm of the saidoperating-lever outside of the bail-arms, I am enabled to secure a longcontact between the bail-arms and the two members of the long arm of thesaid lever. tact thus secured contributes largely to the efficiency ofmy improveddevice.

In constructing and combining my improved fastener, I also takeadvantage of the old principle of shifting the center of the short armof the crank on opposite sides of a vertical plane passing through thecoils or sockets, by means of which the lower ends of the bailarms areattached pivotally to the ring or collar surrounding the neck of thebottle.

Heretofore it has been considered sufficient to move the members formingthe long arm of the lever inward until they abut against the adjacentouter faces of the bail-arms, but I construct the said members of thelong arm of the lever so that they will spring laterally apart and passover the bail-arms, as shown The long conin Figs. 2 and 3 of thedrawings, whereby the lever is positively locked in place in such amanner that no ordinary handling of a bottle provided with my device canpossibly throw the lever into its unlocked position. In 01'- der toremove the stopper, the said members of the lever are pressed laterallyby the thumbs, and sprung back from the inner to the outer faces of thebail-arms, after which the lever may be thrown into its unlockedposition by using enough force to carry the crank to the opposite orforward side of a vertical line drawn through the center of the stopperand the coils or sockets B B of the ring or collar B.

I would have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exactconstruction herein shown and described, but hold myself at liberty tomake such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit andscope of my invention. old to construct a wire bottle-stopper with oneor more locking arms adapted to be sprung over the bail-arms of thestopper for locking the stopper in its closed adjustment.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A bottle-stopper fastener comprising a bail having two arms adaptedat their lower ends to be pivotally connected with the neck of abottle,and having their upper ends united and provided with bearings, a leverjournaled in the said bearings whereby it is pivotally connected withthe bail, and comprising a I am aware, however, that it isv shortcrank-arm located between the said bearings, and a long crank-arm havingtwo members which extend beyond the bearings of the bail and are thuslocated outside of the bail-arms, and adapted to be sprung laterallyapart so as to pass over the bail-arms to lock the device in its closedposition, and a bottle-stopper connected with the short crankarm of thelever, substantially as described.

2. A bottle-stopper fastener comprising a bail having two arms adaptedat their lower ends to be pivotally connected with the neck of a bottle,and having their upper ends united and provided with bearings, a leverjournaled in the said bearings whereby it is pivotally connected withthe bail, and comprising a short crank-arm located between the saidbearings, and a long crankarm having two members which extend beyond thebearings of the bail and are thus located outside of the bail-arms, andadapted to be sprung laterally apart so as to pass over the bail-arms tolock the device in its closed position, and having their lower endsconnected together to prevent their undue separation, and abottlestopper connected with the short crank-arm of the lever,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

BENGT GUNNORSON.

Witnesses:

C. M. MILLER, SAMUEL J. BRYANT.

